NEWS
Studio Magazin reviewed the LS1 in 2010 but longed for another listen when the LS1s subwoofer was finished. Just like the first time, editor in chief Fritz Fey was totally blown away by the LS1's sound quality. "Fantastic micro dynamics, extreme naturalness, wide extended spectrum, unforced mids - it is a joy to listen to great recordings with these loudspeakers and a pain to hear shortcomings revealed. Both are exposed with breathtakingly decided precision. (...) The LS1 with sub extension is the perfect loudspeaker for people that expect a merciless and highly precise rendering of the whole audible spectrum (and shouldn't we all?). (...) Not something good, but something already exquisite has further been improved."
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Background
Grimm Audio was founded by four of the Netherlands´ best known audio engineers: Bruno Putzeys, Guido Tent, Peter van Willenswaard and Eelco Grimm, with the explicit aim of consolidating their collective competences into the most transparent recording and reproduction equipment possible.The professional audio products of Grimm are aimed squarely at the audiophile end of the market, like High-End Recording and Mastering. We have merged the highest level of technical and audiophile knowledge to build professional audio equipment that has no equivalent.
Bruno Putzeys
Electrical Engineer. Has been active since 1995 designing class D power amplifiers for high-end and consumer audio applications, digital and analogue deltasigma and PWM modulators, AD/DA converters and discrete solid-state analogue audio circuits. Has further experience with vacuum tube electronics and loudspeaker design. Now working for Hypex, he was formerly employed at Philips where he invented, among others, the "UcD" power amplifier circuit. "I must confess that I'm a huge fan of Bruno Putzeys' work" Paul Miller (Hi-Fi News) 
Guido Tent
Electrical Engineer. Runs the Tent Labs company. Develops, manufactures and supplies low jitter clock upgrades for digital products like CD/DVD players, ADCs and DACs. Consultant in the area of EMC, RF electronics and signal integrity. Career in analog electronics, RF and EMC (silicon and system design). Formerly employed at Philips Optical Storage where he was involved in the design of DVD-R pick-up units. "This is what you get when an engineer has ears" Brian Cherry (diyhifisupply) |
Peter van Willenswaard
Electrical Engineer. Co-founder of Grimm Audio (partner from 2004-2010), now retired. Owner of company Audiomagic. Specialized in upgrades and design of digital audio equipment and tube audio equipment. Former technical editor of Dutch professional audio magazine Pro-Audio Magazine (1989-1993). Long career as technical audio journalist (since 1979). Peter's contribution has been essential in products like the AD1, CC1 and MP1. "His electronics designs are an act of creativity" Jan van Gelderen (Audio & Techniek) 
Eelco Grimm
Sound Engineer. Owner of theFairytapes company for recording and acoustic consultancy. Former editor in chief of the leading Dutch professional audio magazine Pro-Audio&Visie (1992-2000). Writer of the book (with test cd's) 'Checkpoint Audio'. Teacher and researcher at the Utrecht School of the Arts, Media and Technology. Co-inventor of the 'Omnisurround' solution for realistic surround acoustic reproduction. "The most musical technology freak I've ever met" Maarten van der Valk (Orchestra of the 18th Century) |